1956 College Football Leaders

Pass Completions
1.	John Brodie • Stanford	139
2.	Bob Newman • Washington State	91
3.	Bob Reinhart • San Jose State	90
4.	Guy Martin • Colgate	88
5.	Gene Saur • Hardin-Simmons	78
6.	Ralph Hunsaker • Arizona	75
7.	Joe Clements • Texas	74
8.	Tom Flores • Pacific	73
9.	Charlie Arnold • Southern Methodist	71
	Carroll Johnston • Brigham Young	71
11.	Len Dawson • Purdue	69
12.	Bob Winters • Utah State	65
13.	Claude Benham • Columbia	63
14.	Frank Ryan • Rice	60
15.	Paul Hornung • Notre Dame	59
16.	Bunny Aldrich • Washington State	57
	Tom Forrestal • Navy	57
18.	Chuck Curtis • TCU	53
19.	Joe Kapp • California	52
20.	Frank Finney • Brown	51
	Roger LaBrasca • Drake	51

Pass Attempts
1.	John Brodie • Stanford	240
2.	Bob Reinhart • San Jose State	172
3.	Bob Newman • Washington State	170
	Guy Martin • Colgate	170
5.	Carroll Johnston • Brigham Young	167
6.	Charlie Arnold • Southern Methodist	157
7.	Joe Clements • Texas	151
8.	Ralph Hunsaker • Arizona	148
9.	Gene Saur • Hardin-Simmons	133
	Claude Benham • Columbia	133
11.	Len Dawson • Purdue	130
	Bob Winters • Utah State	130
13.	Tom Flores • Pacific	127
14.	Chuck Curtis • TCU	119
15.	Roger LaBrasca • Drake	116
16.	Joe Kapp • California	112
17.	Paul Hornung • Notre Dame	111
18.	Frank Ryan • Rice	109
19.	Art Boland • Cornell	107
	Frank Finney • Brown	107

Pass Completion Percentage
1.	John Brodie • Stanford	57.9
2.	Bob Newman • Washington State	53.5
3.	Bob Reinhart • San Jose State	52.3
4.	Guy Martin • Colgate	51.8
5.	Joe Clements • Texas	49.0
6.	Charlie Arnold • Southern Methodist	45.2
7.	Carroll Johnston • Brigham Young	42.5

Passing Yards
1.	John Brodie • Stanford	1633
2.	Bob Newman • Washington State	1240
3.	Bob Reinhart • San Jose State	1138
4.	Tom Flores • Pacific	1119
5.	Guy Martin • Colgate	1100
6.	Gene Saur • Hardin-Simmons	968
7.	Charlie Arnold • Southern Methodist	964
8.	Carroll Johnston • Brigham Young	945
9.	Bob Winters • Utah State	943
10.	Claude Benham • Columbia	933
11.	Paul Hornung • Notre Dame	917
12.	Larry Zowada • Wyoming	878
13.	Chuck Curtis • TCU	867
14.	Len Dawson • Purdue	856
15.	Ralph Hunsaker • Arizona	823
16.	Tom Forrestal • Navy	808
17.	Bunny Aldrich • Washington State	804
18.	Joe Clements • Texas	793
19.	Frank Ryan • Rice	704
20.	Bill Smithers • Holy Cross	699

Passing Yards Per Attempt
1.	Bob Newman • Washington State	7.3
2.	John Brodie • Stanford	6.8
3.	Bob Reinhart • San Jose State	6.6
4.	Guy Martin • Colgate	6.5
5.	Charlie Arnold • Southern Methodist	6.1
6.	Carroll Johnston • Brigham Young	5.7
7.	Joe Clements • Texas	5.3

Adjusted Passing Yards Per Attempt
1.	Bob Reinhart • San Jose State	6.5
2.	Bob Newman • Washington State	6.1
3.	John Brodie • Stanford	5.2
4.	Guy Martin • Colgate	3.6
5.	Charlie Arnold • Southern Methodist	3.1
6.	Carroll Johnston • Brigham Young	2.6
7.	Joe Clements • Texas	1.4

Passing Touchdowns
1.	John Brodie • Stanford	12
2.	Tom Flores • Pacific	11
3.	Bob Reinhart • San Jose State	10
	Claude Benham • Columbia	10
5.	Guy Martin • Colgate	9
6.	Bill Smithers • Holy Cross	8
	Jimmy Harris • Oklahoma	8
	Gene Saur • Hardin-Simmons	8
	Charlie Arnold • Southern Methodist	8
	Carroll Johnston • Brigham Young	8
	Bob Newman • Washington State	8
12.	Al Yanowich • Denver	7
	George Cagliola • Tulsa	7
	Len Dawson • Purdue	7
	Joe Clements • Texas	7
	Larry Zowada • Wyoming	7
17.	Jimmy Lugar • Virginia Tech	6
	Toppy Vann • Georgia Tech	6
	Milt Plum • Penn State	6
	Len Swantic • Florida State	6
	Dave Bourland • Army	6
	Corny Salvaterra • Pittsburgh	6
	Gene Newton • Tulane	6
	Frank Finney • Brown	6
	Dean Loucks • Yale	6

Passing Interceptions
1.	Mickey Trimarki • West Virginia	16
	Joe Clements • Texas	16
	Bill Smithers • Holy Cross	16
4.	Bob Winters • Utah State	15
	Carroll Johnston • Brigham Young	15
	Guy Martin • Colgate	15
7.	Charlie Arnold • Southern Methodist	14
	John Brodie • Stanford	14
9.	Paul Hornung • Notre Dame	13
	Ken Ford • Hardin-Simmons	13
	Joe Kapp • California	13
12.	Ralph Hunsaker • Arizona	12
13.	Dick Belton • Davidson	11
	Tom Secules • William & Mary	11
	Bob Hardage • William & Mary	11
16.	Gene Saur • Hardin-Simmons	10
	Claude Benham • Columbia	10
	Len Dawson • Purdue	10
	Wally Strauch • Kansas	10
20.	Jerry Callahan • Colorado State	9
	M.C. Reynolds • Louisiana State	9
	Charlie Carpenter • Wake Forest	9
	Billy Stacy • Mississippi State	9

Passing Efficiency Rating
1.	Bob Reinhart • San Jose State	121.3
2.	Bob Newman • Washington State	120.9
3.	John Brodie • Stanford	119.9
4.	Guy Martin • Colgate	105.9
5.	Charlie Arnold • Southern Methodist	95.8
6.	Carroll Johnston • Brigham Young	87.9
7.	Joe Clements • Texas	87.2

Rush Attempts
1.	Jim Bakhtiar • Virginia	203
2.	Jim Crawford • Wyoming	200
3.	Melvin Dillard • Purdue	193
4.	Bill Barnes • Wake Forest	168
5.	Don Bosseler • Miami (FL)	161
6.	Jim Brown • Syracuse	158
7.	Jim Swink • TCU	157
8.	Ronny Quillian • Tulane	156
	Joel Wells • Clemson	156
10.	James Roseboro • Ohio State	152
11.	Roddy Osborne • Texas A&M	141
12.	Jack Hill • Utah State	140
13.	Tom Berry • Oregon State	139
	Don Clark • Ohio State	139
15.	Billy Stacy • Mississippi State	138
16.	Jack Morris • Oregon	137
17.	King Dixon • South Carolina	136
18.	Homer Floyd • Kansas	134
	Charlie Sidwell • William & Mary	134
	Bob Fee • Indiana	134

Rushing Yards
1.	Jim Crawford • Wyoming	1104
2.	Bill Barnes • Wake Forest	1010
3.	Jim Brown • Syracuse	986
4.	Jack Hill • Utah State	920
5.	Jim Bakhtiar • Virginia	879
6.	Melvin Dillard • Purdue	873
7.	Tommy McDonald • Oklahoma	853
8.	Clendon Thomas • Oklahoma	817
9.	Don Clark • Ohio State	797
10.	C.R. Roberts • Southern California	775
11.	Ed Sutton • North Carolina	748
12.	Don Bosseler • Miami (FL)	723
13.	Bobby Mulgado • Arizona State	721
14.	James Roseboro • Ohio State	712
15.	Bob Kyasky • Army	707
16.	Tommy Lorino • Auburn	692
17.	Jerry Brown • Nebraska	690
18.	Joel Wells • Clemson	678
19.	Jim Swink • TCU	665
20.	Pete Hart • Hardin-Simmons	664

Rushing Yards Per Attempt
1.	Tommy Lorino • Auburn	8.4
2.	Clendon Thomas • Oklahoma	7.9
3.	Ron Mills • West Texas A&M	7.4
4.	Ken Wineburg • TCU	7.2
5.	Tommy McDonald • Oklahoma	7.2
6.	Earnel Durden • Oregon State	7.2
7.	Dennis McGill • Yale	7.1
8.	Bob Forrest • UTEP	6.9
9.	Galen Cisco • Ohio State	6.8
10.	Loyd Taylor • Texas A&M	6.8
11.	Bobby Mulgado • Arizona State	6.7
12.	Bob Stransky • Colorado	6.6
13.	Charles Sanders • West Texas A&M	6.6
14.	Jack Hill • Utah State	6.6
15.	Bobby Hoppe • Auburn	6.5
16.	C.R. Roberts • Southern California	6.5
17.	Del Shofner • Baylor	6.4
18.	George Colbert • Denver	6.4
19.	Art Boland • Cornell	6.4
20.	Jon Arnett • Southern California	6.3

Rushing Touchdowns
1.	Clendon Thomas • Oklahoma	13
	Jim Brown • Syracuse	13
3.	Tommy McDonald • Oklahoma	12
	Jim Crawford • Wyoming	12
5.	Bob Kyasky • Army	11
	Jack Hill • Utah State	11
7.	Mike Brown • Dartmouth	10
	Hewes Agnew • Princeton	10
9.	John Call • Colgate	9
	John Bayuk • Colorado	9
11.	Jimmy Taylor • Louisiana State	8
	Tom Morris • Princeton	8
	Tom Bronson • Tennessee	8
	Jimmy Bevers • UTEP	8
	Bobby Mulgado • Arizona State	8
16.	Al Carter • Tennessee	7
	Don Clark • Ohio State	7
	Dick Bass • Pacific	7
	John Herrnstein • Michigan	7
	Johnny Majors • Tennessee	7
	Merrill Douglas • Utah	7
	Dean Derby • Washington	7
	Ray Brown • Mississippi	7
	Sam Scarnecchia • Miami (FL)	7
	Steve Ackerman • Yale	7
	Tom Berry • Oregon State	7
	Buford Waterhouse • Drake	7
	Tom Flores • Pacific	7
	Billy Kane • Penn State	7

Receptions
1.	Art Powell • San Jose State	40
2.	Bill Steiger • Washington State	39
3.	Connie Baird • Hardin-Simmons	37
4.	Brad Bomba • Indiana	31
5.	Larry Aldrich • Idaho	30
	Charles James • Missouri	30
7.	Alfred Jamison • Colgate	29
8.	Paul Camera • Stanford	28
9.	Johnny Wilson • Denver	27
	Don Ellingsen • Washington State	27
	Farrell Funston • Pacific	27
12.	Don Gest • Washington State	26
	Fred Dugan • Dayton	26
14.	Carl Isaacs • Stanford	25
15.	Fred Polzer • Virginia	24
	Bob Bryant • Texas	24
17.	Jimmy Phillips • Auburn	23
	John Whatcott • Utah State	23
	Dick Wallen • UCLA	23
	Tommy Gentry • Southern Methodist	23

Receiving Yards
1.	Bill Steiger • Washington State	607
2.	Art Powell • San Jose State	583
3.	Farrell Funston • Pacific	563
4.	Fred Dugan • Dayton	481
5.	Connie Baird • Hardin-Simmons	455
	Don Ellingsen • Washington State	455
7.	Jim Morse • Notre Dame	442
8.	Ernie Pitts • Denver	415
9.	Larry Aldrich • Idaho	409
10.	Jay Hunton • Rutgers	408
11.	Brad Bomba • Indiana	407
12.	John Whatcott • Utah State	400
13.	Jim Swink • TCU	390
14.	Jimmy Phillips • Auburn	383
	Johnny Wilson • Denver	383
16.	Charles James • Missouri	362
17.	Buddy Dial • Rice	357
	Buddy Cruze • Tennessee	357
19.	Ron Kramer • Michigan	353
20.	Paul Camera • Stanford	350

Receiving Yards Per Reception
1.	Jim Morse • Notre Dame	22.1
2.	Farrell Funston • Pacific	20.9
3.	Ernie Pitts • Denver	19.8
4.	Ron Kramer • Michigan	19.6
5.	Fred Dugan • Dayton	18.5
6.	Buddy Cruze • Tennessee	17.9
7.	John Whatcott • Utah State	17.4
8.	Buddy Dial • Rice	17.0
9.	Joe Walton • Pittsburgh	17.0
10.	Don Ellingsen • Washington State	16.9
11.	Roger Aceto • Drake	16.8
12.	Jimmy Phillips • Auburn	16.7
13.	Bill Steiger • Washington State	15.6
14.	Joe Kopnisky • West Virginia	15.5
15.	Rick Randall • Colgate	14.7
16.	Art Powell • San Jose State	14.6
17.	Walter Fondren • Texas	14.5
18.	Norm Becker • California	14.2
19.	Johnny Wilson • Denver	14.2
20.	Carl Isaacs • Stanford	13.9

Receiving Touchdowns
1.	Joe Walton • Pittsburgh	6
	Alfred Jamison • Colgate	6
	Ernie Pitts • Denver	6
4.	Art Powell • San Jose State	5
	Gene Keady • Kansas State	5
	Farrell Funston • Pacific	5
	Carl Isaacs • Stanford	5
	Buddy Dial • Rice	5
	Bob Nellums • Florida State	5
	Bill Steiger • Washington State	5
11.	Ron Szczypkowski • Columbia	4
	Ned Oldham • Navy	4
	Les Walters • Penn State	4
	Lamar Lundy • Purdue	4
	Ronnie Morris • Tulsa	4
	Johnny Wilson • Denver	4
	John Watts • Wyoming	4
	Tommy McDonald • Oklahoma	4
	Joe Strasser • Denver	4
	Jimmy Phillips • Auburn	4
	Jay Hunton • Rutgers	4
	Fred Dugan • Dayton	4
	Dick Arcand • Holy Cross	4
	Clendon Thomas • Oklahoma	4
	Charlie Disbrow • Princeton	4
	Bruce Howard • Columbia	4
	Bob Denton • Pacific	4
	Bob Bryant • Texas	4

Plays From Scrimmage
1.	Jim Bakhtiar • Virginia	205
2.	Melvin Dillard • Purdue	203
3.	Jim Crawford • Wyoming	202
4.	Jim Swink • TCU	176
5.	Bill Barnes • Wake Forest	171
6.	Don Bosseler • Miami (FL)	165
7.	Jim Brown • Syracuse	163
8.	Joel Wells • Clemson	160
9.	James Roseboro • Ohio State	156
	Ronny Quillian • Tulane	156
11.	Jack Hill • Utah State	155
12.	Charlie Sidwell • William & Mary	151
13.	King Dixon • South Carolina	143
14.	Lou Valli • Stanford	141
	Bob Fee • Indiana	141
	Roddy Osborne • Texas A&M	141
17.	Alex Hawkins • South Carolina	140
18.	Jack Morris • Oregon	139
	Don Clark • Ohio State	139
	Phil King • Vanderbilt	139
	Tom Berry • Oregon State	139

Yards From Scrimmage
1.	Jim Crawford • Wyoming	1148
2.	Tommy McDonald • Oklahoma	1135
	Jack Hill • Utah State	1135
4.	Clendon Thomas • Oklahoma	1058
5.	Jim Swink • TCU	1055
6.	Bill Barnes • Wake Forest	1051
7.	Jim Brown • Syracuse	1042
8.	Melvin Dillard • Purdue	972
9.	Johnny Wilson • Denver	947
10.	Ed Sutton • North Carolina	907
11.	Jim Bakhtiar • Virginia	894
12.	Abe Woodson • Illinois	856
13.	C.R. Roberts • Southern California	827
14.	Bobby Mulgado • Arizona State	823
15.	Dennis McGill • Yale	821
16.	Charlie Sidwell • William & Mary	814
17.	Walter Fondren • Texas	811
18.	Lou Valli • Stanford	804
19.	Don Clark • Ohio State	797
20.	James Roseboro • Ohio State	794

Touchdowns From Scrimmage
1.	Clendon Thomas • Oklahoma	17
2.	Tommy McDonald • Oklahoma	16
3.	Jim Brown • Syracuse	14
4.	Jack Hill • Utah State	12
	Jim Crawford • Wyoming	12
6.	Bob Kyasky • Army	11
	John Call • Colgate	11
8.	Hewes Agnew • Princeton	10
	John Bayuk • Colorado	10
	Mike Brown • Dartmouth	10
11.	Buford Waterhouse • Drake	9
	Del Shofner • Baylor	9
	Dennis McGill • Yale	9
	John David Crow • Texas A&M	9
15.	Tom Morris • Princeton	8
	Jimmy Taylor • Louisiana State	8
	Tom Bronson • Tennessee	8
	Steve Ackerman • Yale	8
	Johnny Wilson • Denver	8
	John Whatcott • Utah State	8
	John Watts • Wyoming	8
	Jimmy Bevers • UTEP	8
	Bobby Mulgado • Arizona State	8
	Bobby Jordan • Virginia Military Institute	8

Total Plays
1.	John Brodie • Stanford	295
2.	Ralph Hunsaker • Arizona	231
3.	Roger LaBrasca • Drake	219
	Charlie Arnold • Southern Methodist	219
5.	Bob Newman • Washington State	213
6.	Bob Reinhart • San Jose State	212
7.	Joe Clements • Texas	211
8.	Billy Stacy • Mississippi State	209
9.	Guy Martin • Colgate	208
10.	Paul Hornung • Notre Dame	205
11.	Jim Bakhtiar • Virginia	203
12.	Jim Crawford • Wyoming	202
13.	Claude Benham • Columbia	199
14.	Melvin Dillard • Purdue	195
15.	Carroll Johnston • Brigham Young	191
16.	Bob Winters • Utah State	189
17.	Frank Ryan • Rice	186
	Corny Salvaterra • Pittsburgh	186
19.	Bob Cox • Minnesota	183
20.	Jimmy Hunter • Missouri	182

Total Yards
1.	John Brodie • Stanford	1642
2.	Paul Hornung • Notre Dame	1337
3.	Bob Newman • Washington State	1177
4.	Tom Flores • Pacific	1167
5.	Guy Martin • Colgate	1165
6.	Jim Crawford • Wyoming	1114
7.	Johnny Majors • Tennessee	1101
8.	Billy Stacy • Mississippi State	1077
9.	Bob Reinhart • San Jose State	1068
10.	Jim Brown • Syracuse	1062
11.	Tommy McDonald • Oklahoma	1036
12.	Art Boland • Cornell	1024
13.	Bill Barnes • Wake Forest	1010
14.	Roger LaBrasca • Drake	1008
15.	Claude Benham • Columbia	987
16.	Carroll Johnston • Brigham Young	984
17.	Gene Saur • Hardin-Simmons	982
18.	Bobby Mulgado • Arizona State	980
19.	Joe Clements • Texas	973
20.	Jack Hill • Utah State	962

TD Responsible For
1.	Tommy McDonald • Oklahoma	19
2.	Tom Flores • Pacific	18
3.	Clendon Thomas • Oklahoma	17
4.	Jim Brown • Syracuse	15
5.	Jack Hill • Utah State	13
	Jim Crawford • Wyoming	13
7.	Bob Reinhart • San Jose State	12
	Claude Benham • Columbia	12
	Mike Brown • Dartmouth	12
	Johnny Majors • Tennessee	12
	John Brodie • Stanford	12
12.	Toppy Vann • Georgia Tech	11
	Ray Brown • Mississippi	11
	John Call • Colgate	11
	Jimmy Harris • Oklahoma	11
	Corny Salvaterra • Pittsburgh	11
	Bob Kyasky • Army	11
18.	Hewes Agnew • Princeton	10
	John Bayuk • Colorado	10
	Guy Martin • Colgate	10
	Gene Saur • Hardin-Simmons	10
	Frank Ellwood • Ohio State	10
	Charlie Arnold • Southern Methodist	10
	Roger LaBrasca • Drake	10
	Bobby Mulgado • Arizona State	10
	Tom Morris • Princeton	10
	Al Yanowich • Denver	10

Touchdowns
1.	Clendon Thomas • Oklahoma	17
2.	Tommy McDonald • Oklahoma	16
3.	Jim Brown • Syracuse	14
4.	Jack Hill • Utah State	12
	Jim Crawford • Wyoming	12
6.	Bob Kyasky • Army	11
	John Call • Colgate	11
8.	Hewes Agnew • Princeton	10
	John Bayuk • Colorado	10
	Mike Brown • Dartmouth	10
11.	Buford Waterhouse • Drake	9
	Del Shofner • Baylor	9
	Dennis McGill • Yale	9
	John David Crow • Texas A&M	9
15.	Tom Morris • Princeton	8
	Joel Wells • Clemson	8
	Tom Bronson • Tennessee	8
	Tom Berry • Oregon State	8
	Steve Ackerman • Yale	8
	Johnny Wilson • Denver	8
	John Whatcott • Utah State	8
	John Watts • Wyoming	8
	Jimmy Taylor • Louisiana State	8
	Jimmy Bevers • UTEP	8
	Bobby Mulgado • Arizona State	8
	Bobby Jordan • Virginia Military Institute	8

Points
1.	Clendon Thomas • Oklahoma	102
2.	Tommy McDonald • Oklahoma	96
3.	Jim Brown • Syracuse	84
4.	Jack Hill • Utah State	72
	Jim Crawford • Wyoming	72
6.	Bob Kyasky • Army	66
	John Call • Colgate	66
8.	Hewes Agnew • Princeton	60
	John Bayuk • Colorado	60
	Mike Brown • Dartmouth	60
11.	Buford Waterhouse • Drake	54
	Del Shofner • Baylor	54
	Dennis McGill • Yale	54
	John David Crow • Texas A&M	54
15.	Tom Morris • Princeton	48
	Joel Wells • Clemson	48
	Tom Bronson • Tennessee	48
	Tom Berry • Oregon State	48
	Steve Ackerman • Yale	48
	Johnny Wilson • Denver	48
	John Whatcott • Utah State	48
	John Watts • Wyoming	48
	Jimmy Taylor • Louisiana State	48
	Jimmy Bevers • UTEP	48
	Bobby Mulgado • Arizona State	48
	Bobby Jordan • Virginia Military Institute	48

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